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Finally, I’m nearing the end of catching up on an amazing sports weekend.

Let’s take a look at a lot of college basketball upsets….

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You might remember we previewed the Phillipsburg at Easton football  game set for Thanksgiving day.  Gabs took Phillipsburg in this game, but Easton pulled it out, 27-21.

Getting MUCH more local, my hometown team, the Fuquay Bengals, lost to 3 time defending champion, Greenville Rose, 28-21 in the 3rd round of the State 4-A Playoffs.   Fuquay rallied from an early 21-0 deficit, only to fall short in the end.

Finally, my alma mater, the Garner Trojans defeated Fayetteville 71st, 25-12 in the State 4-AA semi-finals.  Garner will face Durham Riverside this Friday, at home, for a chance to play in the State 4-AA Championship game.

Garner was led by Virginia Tech commit Josh Oglesby’s 2 Touchdowns.

Below is a little video I took from the game.  Enjoy!

A lot went down in the world of College Football since I’ve been away. Let’s start with the National Picture-

USC topped Notre Dame, 44-34 and has now moved into the #2 spot in the BCS rankings. If USC beats UCLA they’ll probably wrap up a spot in the National Title Game. I’ll have a post up soon from my good friend Mac Deters explaining some alternatives to this screwed up system we’ve got.

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The Canes notched a win Friday night with a 5-1 win at Boston.  Five Canes scored goals, and backup goalie John Grahame picked up his second win of the year with 25 saves.  Carolina returns home Tuesday night to play Ottawa, and I’ll be there.

Recap 

Ok, this road trip is starting to get away from Carolina.  Tonight, they lost to the Islanders 4-2, despite 44 freakin stops from the backup goalie! The Canes were outshot 48-15 which is pretty scary.  You’re not gonna win many games with that ratio.  So, just when it looked like the Canes had taken a couple steps foward…….they take two steps back.  Funny, how sport sometimes imitates life.
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Ok, I know I shouldn’t get excited about wins over Valparaiso, but I am. Looks like the Pack played solid defense again tonight, and got good contribution from Gavin Grant, Brandon Costner, and Courtney Fells.

I honestly expected this thin Pack team to lose one or some of these early season so called mismatches. I guess we’ll find out next week when the Pack hosts Michigan what the real deal is. I couldn’t make tonights game, I was home editing another video, but I’m really wanting to get back in the RBC and see this team play again.

Recap via Pack Pride

Yahoo Boxscore

Other Wolfpack News

Lewandowski Sidelined Indefinately Not a major deal, but I do hate it for the kid. He’s a 7′3″ project.

C.J. Williams Commits to Wolfpack Coach Lowe continues to tear up the recruting trail. Williams is a 6′4″ wing player scheduled to graduate in ‘08.

Amato in Hot Water Ya think?

Canes start the road trip off on a down note.

Recap 

I admit, I haven’t been following the success of the Garner Trojans, (the high school I attended ohhh, 15 years ago). I learned at the Canes game last night that they had advanced into the 3rd round of the State 4-AA football playoffs Friday Night, with a 17-14 win over Fayetteville Britt.

I little more investigation led me to notice that Fuquay (the town I currently live in) advanced in the State 4-A playoffs as well with a 21-18 win over Durham Hillside.

I couldn’t find much, but here is what I came up with.

Garner, 1st round win, recap

Scores roundup from Friday Night

Video, Garner vs. Jack Britt (takes a minute to load)
Video, Fuquay Varina vs. Durham Hillside (again, wait for it to load)

J.C. and I had the privilege of seeing a fantastic hockey game last night. Eric Staal recorded a hat trick and the Canes picked up a couple late 3rd period goals to defeat the Dallas Stars 5-4.

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First the particulars. NC State lost to UNC today, 23-9. Carolina had won one game all season, a 45-42 shootout vs. Furman. The loss was the Pack’s 6th in a row, and leaves them at 3-8 overall. State was unable to get into the endzone today, and turned the ball over 4 times, the last courtesy of a Daniel Evans fumble that was returned for a TD late in the 4th quarter.

RECAP From PackPride

Now, on to Chuck. It’s time to go. The excitement that Amato initially created about the program is gone. There is no longer a Philip Rivers around to bail the Pack out. Please, do not scapegoat another offensive coordinator. Well, fire the OC, but make sure Chuck goes with him. Losing is one thing. Losing with good talent is another. Seriously, the talent level at NCSU has gone through the roof, (see last years NFL draft) yet Amato’s teams seem to get worse and worse. The facilities and stadium improvements are there, but the W/L record is not. He can’t beat Carolina,(a must for State fans) even when Carolina is down. He kept his job the last few years by making marginal bowl games that didn’t exist 15 years ago. Every year, NC State would teeter on the edge, and then pull some amazing upset to keep Chuck in house….all this sandwiched between losses to teams like Wake Forest and UNC. Watching teams play undisciplined football is getting old as well. Bad calls are getting old. Losing to Akron at home is old. How many times has Amato made false promises and then made excuses when his promises didn’t hold true? It’s time to go.

There was a time, maybe 2-3 years ago, when I used to worry that Amato would leave NC State for FSU when Bobby Bowden retired. PLEASE FSU TAKE HIM NOW! I’ve never been one to support coaches being removed, especially before the season is over, but for goodness sake, in this case all is lost. For the first time, I come out and officially say

FIRE CHUCK!